Just like busts of Lincoln have shiny noses in Illinois because people rub the nose for luck. The bust of Lincoln in Lincoln Hall at the University of Illinois always got a lot of nose rubbing around exam time!
Lincoln’s Nose
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The hands [in prayer] and heel of the bronze statue of St. Francis of Assisi facing a large crucifix carved on the church entrance wall and similarly brilliant from people prayerfully [pray for us] touching them going in and out of church. The Church of St, Francis of Assisi [Franciscans] is half a block east of Penn Station [Amtrak, LIRR, numerous subway lines]. The bread line has been open for decades.
What’s the deal with noses? There is a bust of Hyman Rickover at the U.S. Naval Academy that has a shiny nose for the same reason.